The ‘Arrive Alive’ programme has lowered highway accidents by 15 per cent in Warangal Commissionerate limits over the previous six months, DGP (Operations) Anil Kumar stated. Telangana alone reported over 7,000 fatalities final 12 months, underscoring the pressing want for stricter enforcement of site visitors guidelines.
Revealed Date – 10 June 2026, 10:48 PM
Jangaon: DGP (Operations) Anil Kumar acknowledged that the ‘Arrive Alive’ programme applied over the previous six months has led to a 15 % discount in highway accidents within the Warangal Commissionerate limits.
He famous that highway accidents may very well be managed solely by public participation and cooperation. Everybody ought to comply with site visitors guidelines as a private accountability to stop highway accidents.
Anil Kumar, together with Warangal Commissioner of Police Sunpreet Singh participated in ‘Arrive Alive’ programme held at Jangaon district headquarters beneath the aegis of the Warangal Commissionerate Police.
Addressing the native public and youth the DGP famous that as many as 1,73,000 individuals throughout the nation had misplaced their lives in highway accidents in current instances leading to a 3 % loss to the nationwide GDP. Over 7,000 individuals died in highway accidents in Telangana final 12 months.
Many households have been devastated and left destitute as a result of accidents, but public behaviour stays unchanged. In overseas international locations, the place site visitors guidelines had been extraordinarily strict and violations incur heavy fines; in India, nonetheless, lenient penalties fail to instill worry in motorists, contributing to the excessive charge of highway accidents, Anil Kumar stated.
CP Sunpreet Singh, highlighting a stark distinction, stated, whereas the State data round 900 murders yearly, over 8,000 individuals lose their lives in highway accidents annually, a matter that calls for critical reflection from everybody.
A cultural troupe and the site visitors police carried out cultural programmes to coach the general public in regards to the penalties of violating site visitors guidelines.
The DGP offered certificates of appreciation to police personnel and RTC drivers for his or her exemplary driving expertise.
DCPs Rajamahendra Naik, Ankit Kumar and Dara Kavitha; extra DCP Prabhakar Rao, ACPs Bhim Sharma, Narsaiah and Satyanarayana and others had been current.
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